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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am read more
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the read more
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
I passed by the row of meats at the Safeway
and was afraid to buy
Wall St Journal reporter on read more
I passed by the row of meats at the Safeway
and was afraid to buy
Wall St Journal reporter on the Diane Rehm Show.
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
Action makes more fortune than caution
Action makes more fortune than caution
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
